LOL The 10th gen K series that give marginal performance improvements to gaming and fail to match AMD in all other tasks? You know it's already over for any non K chip.
Lenovo's can be hit and miss, sometimes you can also get away with turning on CSM and disabling secure boot, got a few AMD cards to boot that way (just make sure the bios doesn't get reset). I am also finding alot of second and third gen thinkcentres are having a lot of bitrot problems too with their bioses. This ain't research, this just trial and error :P. P.S I also learned you are probably one of the most (if not the most) patient and calm man in the world. If I had that many problems with a PC it would be Thanos'd out of existence.
I've seen soooo many 2nd and 3rd gen core i Thinkcentres on ebay for pretty cheap, and I'm tempted to pick a few up. They seem to have better compatibility than the older model that I tried here. I never tried those methods to enable AMD cards but I'll give it a shot next time. And thank you Bryan lol I've had my fair share of Thanos experiences with this PC
@@Solid_Snake99 prices that low I would be afraid of getting something DOA or something else wrong, even if it's probably mostly safe buys. I'll stick with selling my kidneys to the leather jacket man come the 3000 series cards
It is so uncommon these days that two channels working in similar topis and business don't hate, make fake wars or just tell bulls** about each other to gain more viewers. Instead of this you can comment, suggest, share with your ideas and experience and do it in so nice and professional way, that it is rarely seen, especially here. That's why i absolutely enjoy your work and i'll be your viewer and supporter always - hats off guys, real men, not envious, brainless kiddos!!!
Not sure but I think that's how I got my rx550 working in my m92p I picked up from a local goodwill tech store. If the case wasn't busted I'd be using it(somehow the hinge got busted in transit to my moms from the dorm after the moveout...)
Honestly I really like the tech youtubers who actually do stuff that is within the budget of most people more than those who always review/build with new components. Love ya Oz, keep it up.
@@zokwandamayise1922 when you are sooo frustrated you can't be the Level Boss 🤬 it may be the only way to finish the game (PC Build) instead of never finishing it 😁
@OzTalksHW Hey I’m referring to the $200 streaming pc build that I made and I took the pci slot off and thought I could replace it with screws. I can’t find any so I was wondering if there was a way to put it back on or if I would be ok without the clip on or screws. Please let me know I’ll respond ASAP.
*When your $140 gaming PC video gets so meta you edit in a recording of you editing the video during a moment when you self referenced yourself editing the video.* I love this channel.
"Do you guys know that feeling where you lose an argument because you thought you knew what you were talking about, but you actually didn't?" Yeah, I too have been in a relationship and/or married.
My first gaming PC was a HP Z600 with 24Gb DDR3 ECC, 2 Xeon X5675s, and a GTX 1070. I still have and it rocks at gaming, all together I got it done for around around $315 of profit. Deal hunting was key. Got the Z600 for $150 on ebay with a 2TB HDD and 128gb Intel SSD, sold misc parts not needed like DVD drive for about $15, bought 3 pcs for $35 with various parts (including the 1070) off Letgo sold all the parts minus the 1070 for around $450. Yes you're reading that properly. Used the computer for 2 years now and now it sits in my office, it rocks as a PC still! Don't game on it as much since I used the leftover money plus some to build a new Ryzen 3600 build with a 2070super.
Nice work! Lenovo prebuilts are pretty tricky to work with. I also have one (although it has a Sandy Bridge CPU instead) and moving it into a new case was a bit of a challenge for me since it was my first time doing so. One specific specific with that model (that you probably didn't have yourself) that I run into was that it has a proprietary wired temperature sensor that runs from motherboard into the case and you absolutely have to take it out of that old case (takes some force) into the new one. Without it the PC will think that the CPU is overheating and it will run the fan at full speed and cause some other issues as well.
The user guide for a lot of models is on pcsupport.lenovo.com and searching by the serial number on the main site. Go to Knowledge Base and Guides hit Guides and look for the User Guide in PDF format. Parts on the left has Model that will show the available OEM parts for the machine and Compatible will show every available part that the system will be compatible with the system will be able to get installed. Several Think Centre have PCI Express video cards of various types. Some of the newer Think Centre can use Nvidia Quadro 4GB and some had AMD GPU cards.
This is one of my favorite computer journeys I've ever watched. The frustration. The work put in. The victory. This is the kind of drama I can deal with. lol
Love your persistence, liked and subbed for your chill vibe. I did the same thing with a Lenovo M93P SFF for my 8 year old a few months ago, I put 8Gb DDR3, an i5 quad and GTX1030 in - job done. The big weakness with any office Lenovo will be the PSU. I'm in the UK so prices are very different (cost me £250 total) but she's got a decent machine that can play most modern titles pretty well in low/medium at 1080p. I think the problem here was so many of the OEM matched components were missing in the original machine. The best thing about older Lenovo's - the firm do keep a lot of the old specs on-line and the community forums are very good too. Research :)
I've done an upgrade with a Dell Inspiron 3847 (i5 4440 with 8 GB RAM, I added another 8 GB Stick). Without doing research I got a new PSU and a GTX 1050ti (this was a year and change back). Fortunately everything worked and went off without a hitch. But now I'll be sure to do my due diligence.
Oh my brother's now-spare 3847 is due for an upgrade so it can be refurbished, nice to know the psu can be upgraded! Am thinking about keeping an eye out for a deal on a e3-1225v3, which should be able to just drop in.
@@soupwizard Yeah, I'm not gonna say ALL just in case, but most Dell Full M-ATX/ATX case (Non SSFF/SFF) PCs will swap to a ATX PSU with PCIe Power, the big thing to check is the GPU Fan Shroud for Clearance to the Sata Data & other cables, a 2 Fan GPU may cover the M/B sockets
@@lunaticheaven9446 some AMD cards have issues with prebuilts. Nerd on a Budget and others have shown it. So went Nvidia. (edit). Also, unless you upgrade the PSU, you'll need a 8 pin adaptor, which most cheap PSUs do not have. In addition, if airflow isn't amazing in the cases, so a card that won't get too hot is ideal.
With all the difficulty finding PC parts these days, I'm surprised you were able to get your hands on as much stuff as you did. I'm slowly planning my first build in years, and I'm seeing a lot of stuff showing I could get a pretty badass setup for a surprisingly reasonable price, especially now that I know how to focus a build (this will be, bluntly, a gaming PC without the need for CPU-heavy - or thread-heavy, I suppose - tasks). I can see doing this build as very much an enthusiast endeavor, with all the work you had to put into it, or the beginnings of a pretty gnarly sleeper (though there'd be a lot of case-modding needed for cooling) and you did a helluva job getting it done. Thanks!
I went from having a dell Optiplex 780 which i got for free (GT 220 Core 2 Duo E8400 12GB DDR3) To building my own budget PC for $170 (8GB DDR3 as one of the motherboard's ram slot did not work, GTX 650 i5 3470 and upgraded from 280w to 450w, used a HDD from my dell Optiplex) I'm looking to save up $150 to get a 150GB SSD for windows and buy a used graphics card like the RX 570\580 or GTX 1050ti\1060. Edit: i just bought an RX 570 4gb for $80 used so now my pc costs $200
Dude your style is super relaxing and calming and like the budget focus of the channel. Videos like this are badass and you can see the full range of what PC building can offer. Subscribed
The first PC I ever built, I researched, got advice from forums, and researched....for 6 months before finally ordering and getting it put together. It's important indeed!
I have that exact bed spread lol. I honestly look for it on everyone of your videos. I love what you do by giving these old PCs a new lease on life and showing people what extra mileage they can get out of their hardware.
I used to build PCs in the 90's and thru 2010 was my last. I still have that one. So I have a mini-ATX good case & power supply as a base. After watching your adventure you convinced me to buy new. Fun watching thanks.
I can't express how much I wish I would have found this video about 2 months ago. I'm also a firm believer in reusing equipment whenever possible. I got my hands on a Thinkserver TS140 and have been stumbling through the very same process. This would have helped me immensly with the pinout process for all power and lighting issues (Really my first reuse build project). I have the same power supply, and it looks like the interior of these cases is identicle. Nice build! I have a sleeper workstation build in progress, and I'm hoping for similar results. Awesome job!
sir, you are an amazing content creator to listen to. Furthermore, you are truly passionate in regards to what you do. Lastly, your content has the opportunity and, based off how your channel is growing, to resonate with a lot of folks who could be first-time builders to those that are simply looking for tech-savvy passionate folk that simply like to do projects for a hobby. Again, amazing content! Amazing creator. Love it to bits and bites. Cheers! And have a sub, good sir!
Well Done Ozzy! especially with your charity donations. I find people like you inspiring and I wonder why cant most tech TH-camrs be like you. I love you, Love your videos and I love your charisma! Keep up the hard work and you'll go far !
Man, to be honest, I usually can't stand most tech TH-camrs. With their forced emotion & over the top acting. You're like the chillest dude though, had to sub right away ahah. I love the budget videos too ✌️❤️ I've been flirting with the idea of upgrading a used office PC for awhile. I think it's time to finally pull the trigger!
I kind of feel the "research" here, and luckily I managed to get my upgrade done. Originally my school was getting rid of a bunch of core 2 duo computers, and I managed to snag 4 (somewhat to the reluctance of my tech teacher) before the outbreak. Well, after researching for days I found that this computer appeared to be consumer, just mass produced. But, of course there were some cut corners. The power supply seems obscure but so far holds up fine, and the motherboard was an Intel DG41RQ. Only 2 dimm slots, and already with 2gb of RAM. This didn't discourage me though. Since this was a consumer board I just had to research the most likely candidates for processors. Until I realized all of the Intel Archives had been wiped for their motherboards. So after more research on other sites I decided on a q9550 (much better than the old Pentium there). As soon as I was about to order, I was still researching just to be sure and found that this motherboard of mine was rev 5.0 or something like that, which means that a q9650 or xeons most likely might not work. On top of that, the q9550 wasn't strictly stated as able to work so I just had to take a chance. And also hope it worked on a 4 pin power connecter. Once it came, my grandfather (who uses a core 2 duo Mac) decided to try it, and the machine booted! I found 8gb of ddr2 on Ebay and ordered that as well. One was doa but I'm just glad the computer works. We just need to find a cheapo graphics card that used dx11 so we could use it as a minecaft/general pc.
You on some Bob Ross level of chill son. This was cathartic. Remembering the first OEM/hybrid build I tried to make. Found out my gtx 750 TI wasn't compatible with my Gateway Dell motherboard dx4870. I taught myself how to build a pc through trial and error.
G'day Oz, Sometimes getting old parts to work together can be frustrating, but Kudos to you for persevering, I have been doing a couple of projects lately too, one is Modifying the Cooler Shroud on a Sapphire RX480 Nitro OC to fit a Dell with i7-3770, the Sata Data Cable sockets are right behind the GPU Cooler 👿 on the M/B, I can use 2 Right Angle Sata Cables but want a 3rd to add a SSD to the H/D & can still use the DVD Burner, it came out pretty good considering I am as shaky as someone with Parkinson's Disease, So a Dremel in my hand can get all sorts of an outcome, the other project is a XP PC for Retro Gaming with my old Games on Disc, like your build it has a i7-780 but is in a GA-H55-D2H with 4GB@1333MHz RAM (all free), & GTX680SOC Windforce5 ($100AUD), it will have a 120GB SSD, I won't need a Hard drive as my old XP PC only had a 120GB IDE H/D with plenty of room, it was a C2D8400, 4GB 800MHzRAM & GTX260 so the 'new' PC will be a big upgrade 😏
Oz gud job. I have had my share and best to just put up and keep trying later . It will surprise me when I get it figured out and mad sometimes to find out I made it harder then I needed too. Thanks for the video
2:18 The thing with research. You usually have to fail first before you can research the correct avenues. Otherwise you don't know quite what to explore. On another point. Why do they like the fans at an angle on so many of these OEM builds?
Heya Oz, thanks for the heads-up about the PSU motherboard adapter, I didn't know those existed before you mentioned it! I have an HP Compaq 8200 I've looked into getting a good GPU in the GTX 1650 series (no external PCI-E connector required) b/c I'm one of those few that still cares about PhysX supported games like the Batman ones, or Borderlands series. Thanks to you I upgraded the HP 320W PSU to an EVGA 500W that I could couple with a GTX 1060 6GB that needed a 6-pin PCI-E power connector. I also now have the option of putting in a more power-hungry GPU in the future without issues :D All the best man, your vids are great!
6:00 to 6:20 was literally me for the past 2 days. my sister and dad have become a bit more interested in gaming, so i decided to upgrade my pc and use my older but relatively powerful parts in a dell pc we had set up as living room pc. when i was on eBay looking for cheap parts i went through a lot of what happened in this vid.
To clean the board if your out of other supplies, green palmolive or green dawn are safe. Dont use any other flavors as the additives will corrode your board. It goes with out saying 110% make sure your board is dry. Use heat or wind, dabbing dry wont reach all spots, although that might speed things up.
I just found came across this channel, suscribed and will have lots of catching up to do. As far as getting the dust off ofthe computer(s)/components, I've been using my 2 1/2 gal. Air Compressor for quite a few years and it works great with no damage to electronics (so far).
Love your videos man. Have a SFF ThinkCentre coming in the mail in about a month. Probably won't get as far as you did since parts are hard to come by here, but that's okay. Subscribed :)
Ayy, I have a P7H55-USB3/i7-860 mounted on my wall since it's the first PC I worked part time to save up for. I had it running as a secondary PC up till 2017.
I've noticed that some companies, like Dell, have two lines of computers. One is aimed at consumers, these computers are the ones that typically can't be easily upgraded. The other line is their business line. These computers usually can be upgraded in so far as swapping out power supplies is possible, at least in the desktop models(not the small form factor models). So if you're buying a whole computer or parts of the computer, research which models are the company's business line and choose from those.
Always low the music and tone of all your videos! Very relaxing and chill! Like to know the music your using after each video so I can add it to my spotify list! Thank you for the videos you make as I know it takes a bunch of time and work to put together.
Nice video! I've been doing a decent amount of benchmarking, and one of the reasons warzone gets so laggy is the hard drive. I think the models just don't fully lag, and it causes a ton of stuttering, at least in the initial stages of the game. Also, I love the 770 meta! Just got one for $40 on hardwareswap, but it's one of the massive windforce ones, so it doesn't fit into my case for my upcoming build, and I don't have the balls to take a hacksaw to it haha.
I'm glad i found your channel. Subscribed to it. No doubt i love the other tech channels. LTT is like a super fast Japanese techno music genre. Jay2cents is like alternative rock or i don't know. Tech yes city don't like that garageband she can't get enough of you. Your channel is late laidback music i'm very calming. Sort of like a jazzy music genre.
I did a similar project recently as well. I was given a dell Studio XPS 8100 that was not working (failed harddrive) and I decided to give it to my son after adding an ssd and upgrading the os to windows 10. It is an 1156 build and came with an i5 , but I found a cheap 870 for under 30 bucks on ebay so I said why not. It came with 8gigs ram as well so I decided to update to more ram and a higher frequency But alas I did not do my RESEARCH! the board only supports 10600 memory at a max clockspeed of 1333, so thats 4x4gb of 1866MHZ that went to waste (for a later build maybe). The GTS 450 was the graphics card that was already installed, and although It is better than nothing, My son was having difficulty playing fornite even at lowest settings. I decided to upgrade it to a 2gb ATI card I had laying around and this brought up his gaming experience substantially. Now the only thing left to do is to wait for some 10600 memory to come and hopefully he will have a pc that will last him for a little while. Overall I think I have spent around 60 bucks on pimping it out and for what he plays (fortnite,minecraft,roblox) it gets the job done. Upgrading old computers is very fun! PS: I also have an amd wraith cooler fan on it that I had left over from my ryzen 3600 that I managed to mount on to the stock heatsinkm so it looks like an amd system XD
You should try some LGA 1366 builds, I've built a Dell T3500 with a Xeon X5675, Nvidia GTX 980, Corsair PSU, Crucial 500 GB SSD, it works very well, and yes, you really need to do your research on these OEM pre-built computers as when I was upgrading the cooling with newer fans, I ended up needing an adapter, Not a big deal as the Arctic Fans and new thermal paste really dropped the thermals pretty low.
I bought a Lenovo M73 SFF Motherboard on eBay for $15 and it took me a whole 2 months to get it to work and found out that the CMOS wasn't reset and once I reset it, it booted right up and worked. I was lucky enough to get an i5 4690 to work on it and still using it as of right now with an AMD RX 560 4GB and works just fine with also 16GB Patriot Viper 3 1600Mhz(2x8GB Since it only has 2 ram slots) and got a 24 to 14 Pin adapter so I didn't have to modify anything and works on a standard 550w 80+ Insignia PSU that I do need to upgrade.
I think I understand what you are going for here and whilst an SSD would be an good thing to speed things up abit more I'd still go for a beefier CPU-cooler. Not to overclock the system but for a cooler CPU making it not only alot more quiet but probably alot more stable aswell once the user-dust has begun setting in. You said it yourself that it will probably not getting to someone tech-savvy and they might think it's broken once the stock-cooler isn't performing after 6 months of no dusting the system. Just my two cents
I got a similar build for my little brother. A sandy bridge optiplex is under 100 on eBay. I paired it with an rx470 for $54 free shipping on eBay as well. It takes a standard atx power supply, but I just used a sata to 6 pin connector
It's nice to see you just use jumper wires. Another thing you can do is take out the wires from the plastic header with the metal contacts then resleave them with individual plastic header thingies. I do this a lot.
For sure, those cases are cramped as hell man, (only downside to using refurbs from the big manufacturers) and the i-Generation of intel ran hot! Gotta go next-generation for overclocking. (Sandybridge in particular, like my 2400K or the i7 version) overclock like a beast on air, and run cool!
About the PSU; only the +4 pins are different. So just use the 20 pin section and it'll work fine. Those +4 pins are just supplementary and not required
This Video gives a lot of Info if you have old pc's and wanna upgrade, After watching only I know that Lenovo has some limits but thankfully dell doesn't and by the time your seeing this message I probably have an upgrade.
Optiplex 980 MT user here. It has an oem mobo but I never ran into any of these issues. Upgraded i5 760 to i7 860 and 500w psu + 500gb ssd. I have gtx 560ti but I'm gonna upgrade soon. Lga1156 still rocks! (1366 is better but 1156 still fye)
Supermicro more often than not uses standard ATX layouts, so other than the vertical size it should have worked without an issue.Acer also more often than not uses standard ATX without a whitelist as well, so keep a look out for their boards. You can also just use regular old soap and water to clean the board, or throw it in the dish washer hah. Just take care around the pins, and make damn sure that everything is dry before you power it on.
You're right about doing your research first. It will throw you for a loop if you don't. And not only will you find yourself going over budget, but buying second hand parts on ebay or craigslist, you're gonna struggle getting your money back. Not to mention the lost time and emotional toll it will take. It's a labor of love, it is.
Thx for the 1st gen LGA1156 video. U can also use X3470 or its smaller brothers. That Asus Board will boot RX580 with no problems. Windows 7 works with it no problems. For Drives u can go 256 SSD + 2TB Hard Drive.
did you know at electronics stores they sell cleaner for electronic parts it is a spray and evaporates quickly. Also i heard you can use brake clean from auto parts store does the same evaporates very quickly:)
Everyone: The all-new 10th gen Core i processors by Intel, the computer inside
Ozi: *140$ gaming PC*
LOL The 10th gen K series that give marginal performance improvements to gaming and fail to match AMD in all other tasks? You know it's already over for any non K chip.
Yeah, my eyes glazed over seeing the 5th "overview of new 10th gen intel cpu's!" video, they all blur together
Thomas Borisov Intel:++++++++
@Thomas Borisov AMD: Hey we doin' 5nm this year
@Thomas Borisov WROW! now there will be 14nm workstations at office jobs whoooohooo!
Lenovo's can be hit and miss, sometimes you can also get away with turning on CSM and disabling secure boot, got a few AMD cards to boot that way (just make sure the bios doesn't get reset). I am also finding alot of second and third gen thinkcentres are having a lot of bitrot problems too with their bioses. This ain't research, this just trial and error :P. P.S I also learned you are probably one of the most (if not the most) patient and calm man in the world. If I had that many problems with a PC it would be Thanos'd out of existence.
I've seen soooo many 2nd and 3rd gen core i Thinkcentres on ebay for pretty cheap, and I'm tempted to pick a few up. They seem to have better compatibility than the older model that I tried here. I never tried those methods to enable AMD cards but I'll give it a shot next time. And thank you Bryan lol I've had my fair share of Thanos experiences with this PC
@@OzTalksHW Check out aliexpress AMD cards, they're selling a shitload of rx570s 580s i bought one for 70€ it's pretty INSANE
@@Solid_Snake99 prices that low I would be afraid of getting something DOA or something else wrong, even if it's probably mostly safe buys. I'll stick with selling my kidneys to the leather jacket man come the 3000 series cards
It is so uncommon these days that two channels working in similar topis and business don't hate, make fake wars or just tell bulls** about each other to gain more viewers. Instead of this you can comment, suggest, share with your ideas and experience and do it in so nice and professional way, that it is rarely seen, especially here. That's why i absolutely enjoy your work and i'll be your viewer and supporter always - hats off guys, real men, not envious, brainless kiddos!!!
Not sure but I think that's how I got my rx550 working in my m92p I picked up from a local goodwill tech store. If the case wasn't busted I'd be using it(somehow the hinge got busted in transit to my moms from the dorm after the moveout...)
Honestly I really like the tech youtubers who actually do stuff that is within the budget of most people more than those who always review/build with new components. Love ya Oz, keep it up.
Thanks!
I look forward to seeing these videos anytime they're uploaded!
Thank u!
Same. Changing out the motherboard is a cheat code though.
@@zokwandamayise1922 when you are sooo frustrated you can't be the Level Boss 🤬 it may be the only way to finish the game (PC Build) instead of never finishing it 😁
@OzTalksHW Hey I’m referring to the $200 streaming pc build that I made and I took the pci slot off and thought I could replace it with screws. I can’t find any so I was wondering if there was a way to put it back on or if I would be ok without the clip on or screws. Please let me know I’ll respond ASAP.
yup.this dude and tech yes are the best potato builders
"Let's hope this works. I've got nothin' else to lose at this point"
Almost everytime I push buy, I can relate to this statement!
*When your $140 gaming PC video gets so meta you edit in a recording of you editing the video during a moment when you self referenced yourself editing the video.*
I love this channel.
Looooool
"Do you guys know that feeling where you lose an argument because you thought you knew what you were talking about, but you actually didn't?"
Yeah, I too have been in a relationship and/or married.
Lookin scruffy Ozi 👌
since quarantine, I’ve been in a perpetual state of scruffy 😔
Hello Marc and Oz
@@OzTalksHW You could tell you have been spending a lot of time at the PC, Your hair has a Flat Band across your head from you Headphones 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha my wife says I’m starting to look like a caveman.
Hey it’s scattervolt
My first gaming PC was a HP Z600 with 24Gb DDR3 ECC, 2 Xeon X5675s, and a GTX 1070. I still have and it rocks at gaming, all together I got it done for around around $315 of profit. Deal hunting was key. Got the Z600 for $150 on ebay with a 2TB HDD and 128gb Intel SSD, sold misc parts not needed like DVD drive for about $15, bought 3 pcs for $35 with various parts (including the 1070) off Letgo sold all the parts minus the 1070 for around $450. Yes you're reading that properly. Used the computer for 2 years now and now it sits in my office, it rocks as a PC still! Don't game on it as much since I used the leftover money plus some to build a new Ryzen 3600 build with a 2070super.
Nice work! Lenovo prebuilts are pretty tricky to work with. I also have one (although it has a Sandy Bridge CPU instead) and moving it into a new case was a bit of a challenge for me since it was my first time doing so. One specific specific with that model (that you probably didn't have yourself) that I run into was that it has a proprietary wired temperature sensor that runs from motherboard into the case and you absolutely have to take it out of that old case (takes some force) into the new one. Without it the PC will think that the CPU is overheating and it will run the fan at full speed and cause some other issues as well.
The user guide for a lot of models is on pcsupport.lenovo.com and searching by the serial number on the main site. Go to Knowledge Base and Guides hit Guides and look for the User Guide in PDF format. Parts on the left has Model that will show the available OEM parts for the machine and Compatible will show every available part that the system will be compatible with the system will be able to get installed. Several Think Centre have PCI Express video cards of various types. Some of the newer Think Centre can use Nvidia Quadro 4GB and some had AMD GPU cards.
This is one of my favorite computer journeys I've ever watched. The frustration. The work put in. The victory. This is the kind of drama I can deal with. lol
Love your persistence, liked and subbed for your chill vibe. I did the same thing with a Lenovo M93P SFF for my 8 year old a few months ago, I put 8Gb DDR3, an i5 quad and GTX1030 in - job done. The big weakness with any office Lenovo will be the PSU. I'm in the UK so prices are very different (cost me £250 total) but she's got a decent machine that can play most modern titles pretty well in low/medium at 1080p. I think the problem here was so many of the OEM matched components were missing in the original machine. The best thing about older Lenovo's - the firm do keep a lot of the old specs on-line and the community forums are very good too. Research :)
You gave that motherboard some Oz Yes Lovin 😂 Creative build loved this vid :)
Tech yes city loving😂
No steal u bad TYC da best budget pc builda
I bought a dell optiplex 9010 for 60 bucks, bought a gtx 1060 for 60 on ebay, and bought some 4x4 1600mhz g.skill ripjaws for 20 bucks on offer up
A 1060 for $60? A legit one or one of those Chinese brand ones? Might want to check that out.
@@AndrewMoreno legit one
what a madlad
what cpu did the 9010 come with? and damn those r excellent deals
That setup will serve you well. I speak from experience as I own the 9010 and 1060.
I've done an upgrade with a Dell Inspiron 3847 (i5 4440 with 8 GB RAM, I added another 8 GB Stick). Without doing research I got a new PSU and a GTX 1050ti (this was a year and change back). Fortunately everything worked and went off without a hitch. But now I'll be sure to do my due diligence.
Oh my brother's now-spare 3847 is due for an upgrade so it can be refurbished, nice to know the psu can be upgraded! Am thinking about keeping an eye out for a deal on a e3-1225v3, which should be able to just drop in.
@@soupwizard Yeah, I'm not gonna say ALL just in case, but most Dell Full M-ATX/ATX case (Non SSFF/SFF) PCs will swap to a ATX PSU with PCIe Power,
the big thing to check is the GPU Fan Shroud for Clearance to the Sata Data & other cables, a 2 Fan GPU may cover the M/B sockets
look for a xeon 1230v3 it would be a good upgrade. They're cheap on aliexpress.
Yo get an Rx 570 it is the same price as the 1050ti and it is littrily 2x more powerful
@@lunaticheaven9446 some AMD cards have issues with prebuilts. Nerd on a Budget and others have shown it. So went Nvidia.
(edit). Also, unless you upgrade the PSU, you'll need a 8 pin adaptor, which most cheap PSUs do not have. In addition, if airflow isn't amazing in the cases, so a card that won't get too hot is ideal.
With all the difficulty finding PC parts these days, I'm surprised you were able to get your hands on as much stuff as you did. I'm slowly planning my first build in years, and I'm seeing a lot of stuff showing I could get a pretty badass setup for a surprisingly reasonable price, especially now that I know how to focus a build (this will be, bluntly, a gaming PC without the need for CPU-heavy - or thread-heavy, I suppose - tasks). I can see doing this build as very much an enthusiast endeavor, with all the work you had to put into it, or the beginnings of a pretty gnarly sleeper (though there'd be a lot of case-modding needed for cooling) and you did a helluva job getting it done. Thanks!
Great content Oz. Really enjoy your relaxed, laidback style and wry, self-deprecatory sense of humour. Good to see you past 200k subs, too.
Is it just me or is this THE BEST pc channel. I feel so at home watching his videos.
He's good. I'm trying to get there
Been catching up on my favorites. It's good to see, you still making videos. Keep up the good work
I went from having a dell Optiplex 780 which i got for free (GT 220 Core 2 Duo E8400 12GB DDR3)
To building my own budget PC for $170 (8GB DDR3 as one of the motherboard's ram slot did not work, GTX 650 i5 3470 and upgraded from 280w to 450w, used a HDD from my dell Optiplex)
I'm looking to save up $150 to get a 150GB SSD for windows and buy a used graphics card like the RX 570\580 or GTX 1050ti\1060.
Edit: i just bought an RX 570 4gb for $80 used so now my pc costs $200
Dude your style is super relaxing and calming and like the budget focus of the channel. Videos like this are badass and you can see the full range of what PC building can offer. Subscribed
The first PC I ever built, I researched, got advice from forums, and researched....for 6 months before finally ordering and getting it put together. It's important indeed!
I dig your calm presentation vibe. I got you on in the background while I'm doing software installs on a new build.
This journey was legendary
Basically the 7 stages of grief
Why haven't I found your channel before now???? Love your honesty and energy.
ozi pointing in the wrong direction when telling us to click on the video link reminds me that even my heros make mistakes
I have that exact bed spread lol. I honestly look for it on everyone of your videos. I love what you do by giving these old PCs a new lease on life and showing people what extra mileage they can get out of their hardware.
Birds of a Feather is a GREAT vibe for background music.
THANK YOU!! OMG I was looking for this for AGES. Shazam had no idea!
I used to build PCs in the 90's and thru 2010 was my last. I still have that one. So I have a mini-ATX good case & power supply as a base. After watching your adventure you convinced me to buy new. Fun watching thanks.
I can't express how much I wish I would have found this video about 2 months ago. I'm also a firm believer in reusing equipment whenever possible. I got my hands on a Thinkserver TS140 and have been stumbling through the very same process. This would have helped me immensly with the pinout process for all power and lighting issues (Really my first reuse build project). I have the same power supply, and it looks like the interior of these cases is identicle. Nice build! I have a sleeper workstation build in progress, and I'm hoping for similar results. Awesome job!
sir, you are an amazing content creator to listen to. Furthermore, you are truly passionate in regards to what you do. Lastly, your content has the opportunity and, based off how your channel is growing, to resonate with a lot of folks who could be first-time builders to those that are simply looking for tech-savvy passionate folk that simply like to do projects for a hobby. Again, amazing content! Amazing creator. Love it to bits and bites. Cheers! And have a sub, good sir!
5:40 bad snacks - Joy Ride! So good
Another quality video, Mr. Oz!
Thoroughly enjoyed the build... glad I found the link for the follow up! Very Cool!
your videos are such a stress relief from all what's happening in the world right now
Well Done Ozzy! especially with your charity donations. I find people like you inspiring and I wonder why cant most tech TH-camrs be like you. I love you, Love your videos and I love your charisma!
Keep up the hard work and you'll go far !
Man, to be honest, I usually can't stand most tech TH-camrs. With their forced emotion & over the top acting. You're like the chillest dude though, had to sub right away ahah. I love the budget videos too ✌️❤️
I've been flirting with the idea of upgrading a used office PC for awhile. I think it's time to finally pull the trigger!
have you done it?
You have earned another subscription my friend. I went through a very similar Lenovo adventure last year! Most rewarding pc build!
I kind of feel the "research" here, and luckily I managed to get my upgrade done. Originally my school was getting rid of a bunch of core 2 duo computers, and I managed to snag 4 (somewhat to the reluctance of my tech teacher) before the outbreak. Well, after researching for days I found that this computer appeared to be consumer, just mass produced. But, of course there were some cut corners. The power supply seems obscure but so far holds up fine, and the motherboard was an Intel DG41RQ. Only 2 dimm slots, and already with 2gb of RAM. This didn't discourage me though. Since this was a consumer board I just had to research the most likely candidates for processors. Until I realized all of the Intel Archives had been wiped for their motherboards. So after more research on other sites I decided on a q9550 (much better than the old Pentium there). As soon as I was about to order, I was still researching just to be sure and found that this motherboard of mine was rev 5.0 or something like that, which means that a q9650 or xeons most likely might not work. On top of that, the q9550 wasn't strictly stated as able to work so I just had to take a chance. And also hope it worked on a 4 pin power connecter. Once it came, my grandfather (who uses a core 2 duo Mac) decided to try it, and the machine booted! I found 8gb of ddr2 on Ebay and ordered that as well. One was doa but I'm just glad the computer works. We just need to find a cheapo graphics card that used dx11 so we could use it as a minecaft/general pc.
an ssd would be a good choice too
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If you want to play Minecraft just get a better cou since Minecraft is not a GPU intensive game
Should of gotten more rgb dude
bruh, the literal motto of this channel is: Impossible made possbile, I don't even care if that sounds cringe cuz it iiis wut it iiis
It doesn't but your Minecraft profile pic is
@@lunaticheaven9446 no you are
@@lunaticheaven9446 true
My man, watching your build videos is an emotional rollercoaster :D
You on some Bob Ross level of chill son. This was cathartic. Remembering the first OEM/hybrid build I tried to make. Found out my gtx 750 TI wasn't compatible with my Gateway Dell motherboard dx4870. I taught myself how to build a pc through trial and error.
G'day Oz,
Sometimes getting old parts to work together can be frustrating, but Kudos to you for persevering,
I have been doing a couple of projects lately too, one is Modifying the Cooler Shroud on a Sapphire RX480 Nitro OC to fit a Dell with i7-3770, the Sata Data Cable sockets are right behind the GPU Cooler 👿 on the M/B, I can use 2 Right Angle Sata Cables but want a 3rd to add a SSD to the H/D & can still use the DVD Burner, it came out pretty good considering I am as shaky as someone with Parkinson's Disease, So a Dremel in my hand can get all sorts of an outcome,
the other project is a XP PC for Retro Gaming with my old Games on Disc, like your build it has a i7-780 but is in a GA-H55-D2H with 4GB@1333MHz RAM (all free), & GTX680SOC Windforce5 ($100AUD), it will have a 120GB SSD, I won't need a Hard drive as my old XP PC only had a 120GB IDE H/D with plenty of room, it was a C2D8400, 4GB 800MHzRAM & GTX260 so the 'new' PC will be a big upgrade 😏
Oz gud job. I have had my share and best to just put up and keep trying later . It will surprise me when I get it figured out and mad sometimes to find out I made it harder then I needed too. Thanks for the video
2:18 The thing with research. You usually have to fail first before you can research the correct avenues. Otherwise you don't know quite what to explore.
On another point. Why do they like the fans at an angle on so many of these OEM builds?
well spoken, but thats your youth speaking, after maturity you will discover it pays to duly research ones interest.
Your first video I have seen, hooked. You are excellent. Bravo. Going to dig through your videos now.
Heya Oz, thanks for the heads-up about the PSU motherboard adapter, I didn't know those existed before you mentioned it! I have an HP Compaq 8200 I've looked into getting a good GPU in the GTX 1650 series (no external PCI-E connector required) b/c I'm one of those few that still cares about PhysX supported games like the Batman ones, or Borderlands series. Thanks to you I upgraded the HP 320W PSU to an EVGA 500W that I could couple with a GTX 1060 6GB that needed a 6-pin PCI-E power connector. I also now have the option of putting in a more power-hungry GPU in the future without issues :D All the best man, your vids are great!
True. When doing these builds research is absolutley vital.
6:00 to 6:20 was literally me for the past 2 days. my sister and dad have become a bit more interested in gaming, so i decided to upgrade my pc and use my older but relatively powerful parts in a dell pc we had set up as living room pc. when i was on eBay looking for cheap parts i went through a lot of what happened in this vid.
Looks great. Glad to see you were able to get this small project completed. 👍
I just found your channel today I watched the $500 dollar pc video and I just want to say thanks for the help and nice vid.
To clean the board if your out of other supplies, green palmolive or green dawn are safe. Dont use any other flavors as the additives will corrode your board.
It goes with out saying 110% make sure your board is dry. Use heat or wind, dabbing dry wont reach all spots, although that might speed things up.
I just found came across this channel, suscribed and will have lots of catching up to do. As far as getting the dust off ofthe computer(s)/components, I've been using my 2 1/2 gal. Air Compressor for quite a few years and it works great with no damage to electronics (so far).
Love your videos man. Have a SFF ThinkCentre coming in the mail in about a month. Probably won't get as far as you did since parts are hard to come by here, but that's okay. Subscribed :)
Ayy, I have a P7H55-USB3/i7-860 mounted on my wall since it's the first PC I worked part time to save up for. I had it running as a secondary PC up till 2017.
Your voice is soothing, your content is entertaining and the pace of the video is enjoyable.
This channel is always relaxing with good content. Thanks bruv
I love the positive attitude and kind demeanor you have on your channel.
I've noticed that some companies, like Dell, have two lines of computers. One is aimed at consumers, these computers are the ones that typically can't be easily upgraded. The other line is their business line. These computers usually can be upgraded in so far as swapping out power supplies is possible, at least in the desktop models(not the small form factor models). So if you're buying a whole computer or parts of the computer, research which models are the company's business line and choose from those.
Always low the music and tone of all your videos! Very relaxing and chill! Like to know the music your using after each video so I can add it to my spotify list! Thank you for the videos you make as I know it takes a bunch of time and work to put together.
Ahhh I'll be sure to put them in the description next time!
@@OzTalksHW coo thanks!
Nice video!
I've been doing a decent amount of benchmarking, and one of the reasons warzone gets so laggy is the hard drive. I think the models just don't fully lag, and it causes a ton of stuttering, at least in the initial stages of the game.
Also, I love the 770 meta! Just got one for $40 on hardwareswap, but it's one of the massive windforce ones, so it doesn't fit into my case for my upcoming build, and I don't have the balls to take a hacksaw to it haha.
The 770s are such solid choices nowadays and they're so cheap! I agree - I think the stuttering was a combination of the 8GB RAM and the spinning disk
Definitely needs a front intake fan. Maybe some vented card slot covers would help too. RGB is definitely a nice touch.
That Lenovo has a handle on the top that actually works and isn't flimsy.
love your channel im super interested in pc builds and im hoping one day i can build one
Keep saving up and you'll get there. All in due time yung padawan
Man, the case for this is so cool looking. Lenovos think line are my jam
I'm glad i found your channel. Subscribed to it.
No doubt i love the other tech channels. LTT is like a super fast Japanese techno music genre. Jay2cents is like alternative rock or i don't know. Tech yes city don't like that garageband she can't get enough of you.
Your channel is late laidback music i'm very calming. Sort of like a jazzy music genre.
What am I?
Appreciate your tenacity in problem solving, it will serve you well later in life,
Ravi Peiris M.D.
These computers need some TECH YES LOVIN!
I did a similar project recently as well.
I was given a dell Studio XPS 8100 that was not working (failed harddrive) and I decided to give it to my son after adding an ssd and upgrading the os to windows 10.
It is an 1156 build and came with an i5 , but I found a cheap 870 for under 30 bucks on ebay so I said why not.
It came with 8gigs ram as well so I decided to update to more ram and a higher frequency But alas I did not do my RESEARCH!
the board only supports 10600 memory at a max clockspeed of 1333, so thats 4x4gb of 1866MHZ that went to waste (for a later build maybe).
The GTS 450 was the graphics card that was already installed, and although It is better than nothing, My son was having difficulty playing fornite even at lowest settings. I decided to upgrade it to a 2gb ATI card I had laying around and this brought up his gaming experience substantially.
Now the only thing left to do is to wait for some 10600 memory to come and hopefully he will have a pc that will last him for a little while. Overall I think I have spent around 60 bucks on pimping it out and for what he plays (fortnite,minecraft,roblox) it gets the job done.
Upgrading old computers is very fun!
PS: I also have an amd wraith cooler fan on it that I had left over from my ryzen 3600 that I managed to mount on to the stock heatsinkm so it looks like an amd system XD
I built a pc last month with used part (around my area).
For 140$, I got: i7-4790, 8GB RAM, SSD 240GB, HDD 1To, RX 580 8GB.
I guess I was lucky!
Bro that's AMAZING
You should try some LGA 1366 builds, I've built a Dell T3500 with a Xeon X5675, Nvidia GTX 980, Corsair PSU, Crucial 500 GB SSD, it works very well, and yes, you really need to do your research on these OEM pre-built computers as when I was upgrading the cooling with newer fans, I ended up needing an adapter, Not a big deal as the Arctic Fans and new thermal paste really dropped the thermals pretty low.
I miss this kind of budget builds
i forgot how much i love this channel
I bought a Lenovo M73 SFF Motherboard on eBay for $15 and it took me a whole 2 months to get it to work and found out that the CMOS wasn't reset and once I reset it, it booted right up and worked. I was lucky enough to get an i5 4690 to work on it and still using it as of right now with an AMD RX 560 4GB and works just fine with also 16GB Patriot Viper 3 1600Mhz(2x8GB Since it only has 2 ram slots) and got a 24 to 14 Pin adapter so I didn't have to modify anything and works on a standard 550w 80+ Insignia PSU that I do need to upgrade.
I think I understand what you are going for here and whilst an SSD would be an good thing to speed things up abit more I'd still go for a beefier CPU-cooler. Not to overclock the system but for a cooler CPU making it not only alot more quiet but probably alot more stable aswell once the user-dust has begun setting in. You said it yourself that it will probably not getting to someone tech-savvy and they might think it's broken once the stock-cooler isn't performing after 6 months of no dusting the system.
Just my two cents
I thought I was watching some kind of a movie with that intro, I LOVE IT!!
I got a similar build for my little brother. A sandy bridge optiplex is under 100 on eBay. I paired it with an rx470 for $54 free shipping on eBay as well. It takes a standard atx power supply, but I just used a sata to 6 pin connector
It's nice to see you just use jumper wires. Another thing you can do is take out the wires from the plastic header with the metal contacts then resleave them with individual plastic header thingies. I do this a lot.
For sure, those cases are cramped as hell man, (only downside to using refurbs from the big manufacturers) and the i-Generation of intel ran hot! Gotta go next-generation for overclocking. (Sandybridge in particular, like my 2400K or the i7 version) overclock like a beast on air, and run cool!
About the PSU; only the +4 pins are different. So just use the 20 pin section and it'll work fine. Those +4 pins are just supplementary and not required
This Video gives a lot of Info if you have old pc's and wanna upgrade, After watching only I know that Lenovo has some limits but thankfully dell doesn't and by the time your seeing this message I probably have an upgrade.
I just love seeing your work....... Keep it up 💪👌
Tech Yes would be proud
Optiplex 980 MT user here. It has an oem mobo but I never ran into any of these issues. Upgraded i5 760 to i7 860 and 500w psu + 500gb ssd. I have gtx 560ti but I'm gonna upgrade soon. Lga1156 still rocks! (1366 is better but 1156 still fye)
Hey man I'd love to see a setup video from you. Maybe like a vid going over all your tech and stuff. Love your content. Keep up the great work!
You can easily mount a 120mm fan in the front of the pc with some straps, I did it and it worked great!
You are the best, Ozzie! Brilliant video, and very interesting.
10:00 music name?
Me building my first PC:
"Let's see if this is finally finished....
NOTHING HAPPENS.
Oh, I didn't plug in the power cord."
Just finding your videos -and damn, what a likeable personality. You've a new sub in me!
This dude is so wholesome
Ilias Killmister Very.
Supermicro more often than not uses standard ATX layouts, so other than the vertical size it should have worked without an issue.Acer also more often than not uses standard ATX without a whitelist as well, so keep a look out for their boards. You can also just use regular old soap and water to clean the board, or throw it in the dish washer hah. Just take care around the pins, and make damn sure that everything is dry before you power it on.
Hey, I'm the water and soap guy
Dude, you are way too cool. Hugs from Brazil!
You're right about doing your research first. It will throw you for a loop if you don't. And not only will you find yourself going over budget, but buying second hand parts on ebay or craigslist, you're gonna struggle getting your money back. Not to mention the lost time and emotional toll it will take. It's a labor of love, it is.
Thx for the 1st gen LGA1156 video.
U can also use X3470 or its smaller brothers.
That Asus Board will boot RX580 with no problems.
Windows 7 works with it no problems.
For Drives u can go 256 SSD + 2TB Hard Drive.
"part of a bigger project"? O.K. you have piqued my curiosity, now i am waiting.
That thumbnail is amazing
did you know at electronics stores they sell cleaner for electronic parts it is a spray and evaporates quickly. Also i heard you can use brake clean from auto parts store does the same evaporates very quickly:)
I freakin love you and your videos man, stay cool
I highly recommend Dell Optiplex 7000 or 9000 series towers. They're really solid machines, and quite upgradable.